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Charles Linn : ウィキペディア英語版 | Charles Linn Charles Linn born Carl Erik Engelbert Sjödahl (June 13, 1814 - August 7, 1882) was a sailor, wholesaler, banker and industrialist. He was one of the founders of Birmingham, Alabama. ==Background== Carl Erik Engelbert Sjödahl was born in Pohja (Swedish: ''Pojo'') in the Uusimaa region of Finland. Pojo was then subject to the crown of Sweden. His family were Swedish-speaking Finns. Linn was the son of the manager of an ironworks owned by the ancient company of Billnäs Bruk. He was attending the Royal Academy of Turku when the city burned in the Great Fire of Turku. He joined a sailing crew and became an accomplished seafarer, crossing the Atlantic Ocean 53 times and circumnavigating the globe thrice before immigrating to the United States. He settled in Montgomery, Alabama in 1838 and opened a mercantile store.
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